Lázaro Salazar

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Lázaro Salazar
Outfielder / Pitcher / Manager
Born: (1912-02-04)February 4, 1912 La Habana, Cuba
Died: April 25, 1957(1957-04-25) (aged 45) Mexico
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
Teams

Career highlights and awards
Member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame (1954) Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum induction (2010)

Lázaro Salazar (February 4, 1912 – April 25, 1957) was a Cuban baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues and the Mexican League. He played from 1924 to 1952 with several clubs, including the Cuban Stars (West), New York Cubans, Cafeteros de Córdoba, Azules de Veracruz, Industriales de Monterrey and Sultanes de Monterrey.^[1]

Salazar also played and managed in Venezuela for a long time. While pitching for the Gavilanes team, he was part of the longest contest in Venezuelan baseball history in a 20-inning game that lasted 6 hours, 20 minutes, losing a pitching duel to Andrés Julio Báez [Grillo B] and the Pastora team, 1–0 (Maracaibo, May 5, 1938).^[2]

He later managed the Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during seven consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1956, leading the squad to championship titles in the 1949–1950, 1950–1951, 1951–1952 and 1954–1955 campaigns.^[2]

Salazar was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.^[1] He also gained induction into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2010.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Salón de la Fama y Museo del Béisbol Venezolano Official Website (Spanish)".

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minor leagues)

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

Members of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame

Persondata
Name	Salazar, Lázaro
Alternative names
Short description	Negro League Baseball player
Date of birth	February 4, 1912
Place of birth	La Habana, Cuba
Date of death	April 25, 1957
Place of death	Mexico

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